Every year, millions of Muslims converge on the Saudi holy cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual hajj pilgrimage, with the massive ceremonies representing a major security and logistical challenge for the kingdom's authorities.
But in the capital of Taiwan – an island once known as "the Bicycle Kingdom" – the authorities have taken the unusual step of legalising cycling on 240 miles of city centre pavement.
Every year, millions of Muslims converge on the Saudi holy city of Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage, with the massive ceremonies representing a major security and logistical challenge for the kingdom's authorities.
So, to quote the book's title, "why priests?" The standard Roman Catholic teaching is that all priestly authority derives from Peter, to whom Jesus bestowed "the keys of the kingdom"; the authority of every priest, according to Catholic doctrine, can be traced through a line of "apostolic succession" back to Peter, the first bishop of Rome.
Founded by King Pandukabhaya in 377 BC, the kingdom's authority extended throughout the country, although several independent areas emerged from time to time, which grew more numerous towards the end of the kingdom.
They might share similar objectives but Saudis really fear Shia dominance in the region could weaken the kingdom's religious authority it has claimed since the very birth of Islam.
She travelled widely across the kingdom, enforcing his authority and trying to head off war.
Subsequently Charles' absence from Scotland and use of commissioners to rule his northern kingdom undermined the authority of the body.
As the kingdom and the authority or kings declined, Mahayana and Tantric doctrines again began to spread, however, Theravada remained the main and most widespread doctrine.
As the Drapier points out, the constitution establishing Ireland as a kingdom limits the authority of the monarch because it forces the people of Ireland to use only gold or silver coins as official currency.
James IV used his pilgrimages to Tain and Whithorn to help bring the respective regions of Ross and Galloway, which lay on the edges of the kingdom, under royal authority.
